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OBITUARY SERVICES, 



ON THE DEATH OF 



HON. DAVID S. KAUFMAI, 



OF TEXAS, 



IN THK 



CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, 



FEBRUARY l8T, and 3d, 1851. 



13,0. 3 I si LrtfvvQ. 2 (i s<,v4. 



WASHINGTON: 

PRINTED BY J N O . T . 1' O W E R 8 . 

1851. 



to deliver an annual address before one of the societies of his 
Alma Mater. 

Not long after he had finished his collegiate studies, he removed 
to Natchez, Mississippi, where he read law in the office of that 
accomplished gentleman, lawyer, statesman, and soldier, John A. 
Quitman, whose confidence and esteem he always enjoyed. 

In 1835, Mr. Kaufmajj settled in Natchitoches, Louisiana, in 
the practice of his profession, and obtained a fair share of busi- 
ness, although surrounded by able and older members of the bar. 
Indeed, few men had naturally more of the elements which ensure 
success in any pursuit to which he might have directed his attention. 

That brilliant event, the battle of San Jacinto, turned west- 
ward the attention of the young and the adventurous to the star 
that had just arisen above the political horizon. In the Spring 
of 1837 Mr, Kaufmax emigrated to Nacogdoches, in the Repub- 
lic of Texas. In 1838 he had already so far won the confidence 
of the people among whom he had established his home, that he 
was elected a member of the Texan Congress. He was twice re- 
elected, and twice chosen Speaker of the House, an office which 
he discharged with much ability. Indeed, few men in this House 
understood better the rules of its proceeding, and the general 
parliamentary law. 

In 1843, having removed to Sabine county, he was elected to the 
Senate, and from the Committee on Foreign Relations, in 1844, 
presented a report in favor of annexation, characterized by much 
force and strength of argument. He took an active and zealous 
part in favor of that measure, and contributed much to its consum- 
mation. He was imbued with the general spirit that pervaded 
the public mind in Texas — a longing after "fatherland," and the 
hope of enrolment beneath the stars and stripes, which always 
will be the highest glory of any true-hearted American. He feels 
a proud consciousness that wherever they float, American cannon 
shall protect American liberty. 

Neither was the service of my colleague to Texas confined to 
her legislative councils. During three different years, he partici- 
pated in as many campaigns against the enemies of his adopted 
country, and bore a wound conspicuously upon his person, the 
living record of his gallant conduct. 

After the adjournment of the Texan Congress, in 1845, Mr. 
Kaufman was appointed Charge to this Government, but that oflice 
having been superseded by the final act of annexation, he was 



elected one of the first momltnrs to tliis House from tho State of 
Texas, in which position he had ever since been continiiod. 

David S. Kaufman possessed an intellect of a high ordor, which 
had been well cultivated. He was patient and laborious, always 
presented his subject in a strong point of view, with clearness and 
precision. He gathered up the bearing of his topic, without 
which no one can be able to command success. No Representa- 
tive was more zealous in the discharge of his official duties. No 
member labored more, in season and out of season, to j)erform his 
whole trust, and discharge the humblest business confided to his 
care. It was this fidelity that rendered him perfectly invincible 
in his district. 

Of the social qualities of my colleague all will bear testimony. 
He was amiable and kind in his intercourse on all occasions. 
He was an obliging, good neighbor, always ready to assist the in- 
digent and to aid the young and meritorious. He was a devoted 
husband and affectionate parent. What the bereavement and loss 
of his relatives must be under this most afflicting dispensation I 
shall not attempt to portray. Grief is, in my estimation, too sa- 
cred for the measured language of sympathy or condolence. 

Mr. Speaker, when the aged. man, who seems to have finished 
his mission, is gathered to his fathers, we feel a melancholy re- 
gret ; yet there is a consciousness that, after having finished the 
objects of his life, he has at last fulfilled his destiny, and paid the 
final debt of nature which we must all satisfy. But whf-n one, 
like my colleague, full of vigor, in the meridian of life, and with 
brilliant prospects, is thus summoned, without a warning, to 
another existence, the regret cannot be otherwise than profound. 
It is our duty to submit, without a murmur, to the inscrutable 
will of Providence ; yet it cannot but appear to our short-siijhted- 
ness that something has been left unfinished and incomplete. 

This sudden demise ought to admonish us how feeble is the 
hold of the strongest upon life, and how urgent the necessity 
of always being prepared for the great event to man. 

Mr. H. concluded by offering the following resolutions: 

Resolved, That this House has heard, with deep emotion, the annunciation of the 
death of the Hon. David S. Kacfmax, a member of this House from the State of Texas. 

Resolved, That this House tenders to the relatives of the deceased the expression of 
its sympathy on this affecting event ; and, as a teslimony of respect for the memory of 
the deceaseJ, the membeis and officers of the House will go into mourning, by wearing 
crape on the left arm for thirty days. 



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Resolved, That the members and officers of the House will attend the funeral of the 
honorable David S. Kaufman, deceased, from the Hall of the House of Representatives, 
on Monday next, at twelve o'clock. 

Resolved, That a committee be appointed for superintending; the funeral of the de- 
ceased. 

Resolued, That the Senate be furnished with a copy of the foregoing resolutions, and 
that they be invited to attend the funeral of the deceased. 

Resolved, That, as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, this 
House do now adjourn. 

Mr. JMORSE said: In seconding the resolutions that have just 
been read, I hope that I shall be pardoned if I add one ^vord to 
the eloquent notice which has been taken of his decease by his 
colleague. There are reasons why the portion of Louisiana 
which I have the honor to represent upon this floor, should min- 
gle her voice with that of the Representative of her sister State. 

Mr. Kaufman was for some time an inhabitant of the town of 
Natchitoches, in the district I represent, and at this day his name 
is there recollected with kindness and consideration. Besides his 
having once been a constituent of mine, a large section of coun- 
try, seven miles broad by nearly one hundred miles long, was ta- 
ken from the district that I represent, and added to the eastern 
district of Texas. 

Sir, I know that these, my old constituents, would not pardon 
me if I did not now represent their feelings in expressing their 
sincere regret for, and admiration of, the character of their dis- 
tinguished representative. 

Sir, when a few years ago I had the honor of presenting Mr. 
Kaufman as the first member elect from the State of Texas, the 
district I then represented was the most remote district in the 
United States. Sir, since that time an empire has arisen upon 
the Pacific; an empire has been added to this Government, and 
is now represented in this House and in the Senate of the United 
States. The reflection is calculated to elevate and raise the feel- 
ings of American pride ; but there is something in the scene pre- 
sented to us that reminds us of the frailty of all human efforts. 

Not twenty-four hours since he was here in our midst, engaged 

in the active duties of legislation ; nor was there a member of this 

body with a brighter prospect for a long and useful career. Mr. 

.(Kaufman was among the youngest, most robust, and noble-looking 

men in this body. 

There is no more trite or truer sentiment than how frail the 
tenure is by which we hold our lives ; and the recent melancholy 



event is only another evidence of the certainty of death, and he 
is the only true philosopher who, believing the truth of the poet, 
is always prepared — 

"If it be now, 'tis not to come ; if it be not to come, it will be now ; if it be not 



now, yet it will come; the readiness is ail." 

Mr. McLANAIIAN said : Mr. Speaker, I feel that it would not 
be altogether inappropriate for me, on this solemn occasion, to 
ofler my tribute of respect to the memory of the dead. 

Mr. Kaufman was a native of Cumberland county, in the State 
of Pennsylvania — a county which I have the honor to represent on 
this floor. Although I never enjoyed the pleasure of a personal 
acquaintance with him until I met him here, I felt that I knew 
him by a reputation which won the admiration of every Penn- 
sylvanian. The announcement of his sudden death will cast the 
gloom of sorrow over a large circle of attached relatives and 
friends at the home of his boyhood, while it will burst open the 
deep fountains of grief in the bosoms of those united by the ten- 
derest ties of nature — a brother and a sister. May we not be 
permitted to indulge the hope that this sorrow will find some 
mitigation in the profound sympathy felt by every member of this 
House, and so appropriately expressed in the resolutions which 
have just been olfered. 

The character and position that Mr. Kaufman attained at so 
early an age, while they exhibit his own talent, energy, industry, 
and honorable ambition, beautifully illustrate the fostering influ- 
ences of our free institutions — institutions always proffering ardor 
to the genius, vigor to the hopes, and success to the perseverance 
of every worthy aspirant. 

Starting under circumstances rather calculated to dishearten 
than encourage, he manfully conquered every dilficulty, and 
pressed onward to the attainment of the nobler purposes of his 
life. 

If to him 
Misfortune came, she brought along 

The noliler virtues; 
For so many great, illustrious spirits 
Have conversed with wo, and 

In her school been taught. 
As are enough to consecrate distress, 
And make ambition rather seek 

Than shun the frowns of fortune. 

It is, sir, unnecessary for me, after the interesting remarks of 
his friend and colleague, to enter into the details of the history of 



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Mr. Kaufman's life— a life, alas ! so suddenly closed ! What a 
startling warning of the uncertain tenure by which we hold it ! 

" Man walks forth a lord of the earth to-day, 
To-morrow beholds him a part of its clay." 

Mr. McCLERN AND said : Mr. Speaker, 1 would not unduly pro- 
tract this melancholy sight, but my feelings prompt me to speak, 
and I trust the House will indulge me while I add a few words 
to what has been already so eloquently and appropriately said by 
others. Having known the deceased from the date of his service 
in this body, in 1846, to the hour of his death, my opportunities 
enable me to bear testimony to his high merit ; and I can truly 
say, what I feel, that he was an amiable and courteous gentle- 
man, a true and generous friend, and an able and efficient Repre- 
sentative. His entrance into this body was marked by the close 
of an epoch of angry political contest, connected with the admis- 
sion of Texas into the Union — a contest which fixed on him the 
scrutinizing, if not jealous, eyes of many observers, and which 
devolved on him a very delicate and responsible part in the coun- 
cils of the nation. This part he triumphantly sustained, challeng- 
ing even the approval of the indifferent, adding to his rising 
reputation, and conferring large advantages on his State. But, 
alas! our friend and fellow Representative is no more. His 
ready greetings will be no more welcomed ; his voice will be no 
more heard in the persuasive eloquence of patriotism, or in the 
sharp conflicts of parliamentary debate. Death — the arch-enemy 
Death — has struck down the sentinel on his watch. The strong 
man, the buoyant hope, the high career, are all crushed. The 
body of our associate is given to the cold grave — his spirit is re- 
turned to its author and original, God; and, startling to say, this 
fearful change, from joyous life to inscrutable death, is the work 
of a few hours. Let us who linger behind for a season, be warned 
and instructed by the solemn and impressive dispensation. A 
void is created in our midst. The State lately so ably represented 
by the deceased, has sustained a great loss ; the country at large 
has sustained a loss ; and, more than all, his bereaved, distressed 
family, to whom, in common with the members of this body, I 
offer the sincere condolence of a sympathizing heart. 

The question was then taken on the resolutions, and they were 
unanimously adopted; and 

The House adjourned till Monday. 



IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATCS. 
SATURDAY, FEDRUARY I, 1S5I. 

The following message was received from the House of Repre- 
sentatives by Mr. Young, their Clerk. 

" Mr. PnEsiDENT: I am directed by the House of Representatives to notify.lhc Sen- 
ate of the death of the Hon. David S. Kiufmajt, a member of the House of Represen- 
tatives from the State of Texas, and of the proceedmgs of the House thereon; 

"House or Rkphesextatives, February 1, 1851. 

" Resolved, That the House has heard with deep emotion the annunciation of the 
death of the Hon. David S. Kaufman, a member of this House from the State of Texas. 

" Resolved, That this House tenders to the relatives of the decea.«ed the expression of 
its sympathy on this afflicting event; and, as a testimony of respect for the memory of 
the deceased, the members and officers of the House will go into mourning for thirty 
days. 

*' Rcfohed, That the members and officers of the House will attend the funeral of the 
Hon. David S. Kaufmax, deceased, from the Hall of the House of Representatives, on 
Monday next, at 12 o'clock, M. 

"Resolved, That a committee be appointed for superintending the funeral of the de- 
ceased. 

" Resolved, That the Senate be furnished with a copy of the foregoing resolutions, 
and that they be invited to attend the funeral of the deceased." 

The resolutions having been read — 

Mr. RUSK said : Mr. President, I rise to perform a mournful duty 
in connexion with the announcement just made to the Senate of 
the death of my late colleague, the honorable David S. Kaufman, 
one of the Representatives from the State of Texas in the Con- 
gress of the United States. He departed this life at his lodgings 
in this city about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, surrounded by an 
affectionate family. Death usually gives warning of his ap- 
proach ; but in this case there was a fearful suddenness in the 
summons from the active and busy scenes of life to the silence of 
the tomb. Of the early history of Mr. Kaufman I have but little 
knowledge. He was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, 
in the year 1813, and received his education at Nassau Hall, 
Princeton, New Jersey. My first acquaintance with him began 
in the year 1837, in Texas, when that Republic was in the mid.st 
of the trying scenes of her revolution, in the dangers of which he 
actively participated. In the year 1838 he was electee! a mem- 
ber of the Congress of Texas, and took a prominent part in her 
legislation. In 1839 he was a second time elected to that Con- 
gress, and chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives, which 
position he filled for two sessions with great credit to himself. In 



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1843 he was elected to the Senate, which office he held until the 
annexation of Texas to this Union — a measure which had his 
warmest support. After the acceptance of the proposition of the 
United States by Texas, he was selected and sent to this Govern- 
ment as envoy by President Jones. His services to Texas were 
not in a civil capacity alone. During several campaigns he bore 
his full share in the struggles of his adopted country for liberty, 
and participated in several battles, in one of which he received 
an honorable wound in the face. At the first election after the 
entrance of Texas into the Union he was chosen a member of the 
House of Representatives. Of the zeal and fidelity with which 
he discharged the duties of this position it is unnecessary for me 
to speak. His constituents at the second election manifested 
their approval of his course by an almost unanimous re-election 
for a second term, in the midst of which he has been cut off". For 
fourteen years I have had the honor of an intimate personal ac- 
quaintance with the deceased. I have been an eye-witness of his 
ability in the councils of his countrj', and his chivalry and gallant 
bearing on the field of battle. But he is now gone from among 
us, and " the places that have known him shall know him no 
more forever." I trust his spirit has winged its M'ay from a 
world of care, trouble, and anxiety, to the mansions of eternal 
bliss, where pain and sorrow never enter. 

Our lamented friend has left behind him an affectionate and de- 
voted wife, and a most interesting family of children. His chil- 
dren, although at present too young to be aware of the loss they 
have sustained, will, as their intellectual faculties shall be de- 
veloped, find in the history of their father's short but useful career, 
bright examples to guide their footsteps. May the all-merciful 
Being who is a husband to the widow, and a father to the father- 
less, watch over the bereaved partner of his bosom and her sor- 
rowing children, and sustain them in their time of affliction! 

Mr. President, this afflicting dispensation should be a warning 
to those of us who survive. Three hours before our lamented 
friend was called to his last account, he was as actively engaged 
in the business of life as any one of us. He was doubtless animated 
by as strong hopes of a prosperous and honorable future as we 
are. Now, the voice of censure and of praise falls alike unheeded 
upon the dull cold ear of death. 

Sir, we should learn to look forward to the event which must 
happen to each of us, not with the timidity which paralyzes exer- 



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tion, but with the calm confidence inspired by the belief that life 
has been bestowed upon us by an all-wise Creator as a gift to be 
employed for the advancement of human happiness, and with the 
determination that, come when it may, death shall find us endea- 
voring faithfully to discharge the great duties of life. 

Mr. President, I move that the resolutions which I send to the 
Chair be adopted. 

Fesohed, That the Senate has received with deep sensibility the message from the 
House of Representatives announcing the death of the Hon. David S. Kaufman, a Re- 
presentative from the State of Texas. 

Eesolved, That in token of respect for the memory of the deceased, the Senate will 
attend his funeral at the hour appointed by the House of Representatives, and will wear 
the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. 

Eesolte.d, That as a further testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, 
the Senate do now adjourn. 

The resolutions were unanimously agreed to, and the Senate 
adjourned. 



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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1851. 

After praj'er by the reverend Chaplain of the House, 

The Clerk read the journal of the previous day's proceedings. 

FUNERAL CEREMONIES. 

Shortly afterwards the corpse of the late David S. Kaufman, a 
member of the House of Representatives from the State of Texas, 
(received by the House standing,) was brought in, preceded by 

The Committee of ArrangementSy 

Mr. HowABD, of Texas, Mr. McLakahak, of Pennsylvania, 

Mr. AsuML'N, of Massachusetts, Mr. Shepperii, of North Carolina, 

Mr. J. Thompson-, of Mississippi, Mr. F. E. McLeax, of Kentucliy, 

Mr. J. K. Miller, of Ohio, Mr. Morse, of Louisiana, 

Mr. McClerxand, of Illinois. 

And the Pall-hearers, 
Mr. Job Maxn, of Pennsylvania, Mr. J. G. Kisg, of New Jersey, 

Mr. Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, Mr. James H. Duncan, of Mass., 

Mr. A. BcHT, of South Carolina, Mr. J. L. Taylor, of Ohio, 

Mr. R. W. Johnson, of Arkansas, Mr. M. P. Gentry, of Tennessee. 

The corpse was followed by the relatives and friends of the de- 
ceased. 

The Senate of the United States were announced by the Door- 
keeper ; when that body (the House rising) entered the hall, 
headed by their Chaplain, who repeated on their way down the 
aisle a portion of the funeral service of the Church of England. 

The Doorkeeper next announced the President of the United 
States and Cabinet, when those functionaries appeared at the 
main entrance of the hall, and proceeding down the main aisle to 
the area in front of the Clerk's desk, in which the corpse rested, 
were received by the House standing, and took the seats provided 
for them. 

The Doorkeeper next announced the Supreme Court of the 
United States ; whereupon that body, preceded by the United 
States Marshal for the District of Columbia, entered the hall 
(being received by the House standing,) and seating themselves 
in the places provided, the reverend Chaplain of the Senate read 
a portion of the service of the Episcopal Church. 



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The reverend Chaplain of the House then delivered the follow- 
ing discourse : 

FUNERAL DISCOURSE, 

By the Rev. R. R. Gurlev, Chaplain of the House. 

"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is Death." — Corinthians, xv. 26. 

Ox a former funeral occasion in this Hall, while an honored 
Chief Magistrate of this nation sat on the right, and before me 
and upon me was the expressive countenance of the l;ite eminent 
Senator from South Carolina, and near by a respected Represen- 
tative from the same State, (all, alas! and doubtless many others 
then present, now gathered to the great congregation of the dead,) 
I said, "The recent experience of our friend and brother who has 
just fallen in the midst of us must be ours, and the interest of 
each and every one of us in the change of death is no less than 
his. 'It is appointed unto men once to die.' I hear a voice from 
his shroud, it comes to us from ten thousand sepulchres, it is borne 
, to us as on every breeze from wasted and buried nations, it is 
written in the sacred records, and echoed back from the depths of 
eternity, 'Be ye also read)-, for ye know neither the day nor the 
hour in which the Son of Man cometh.' " 

How becoming to an occasion like this are silence, awe, and 
prayer; how unsuited and unworthy a word, thought, or even an 
imagination tending to withdraw our minds from the fearful un- 
certainties of our condition, our high relations to God, and the 
interests of our nearly approaching eternal state. Far be it from 
any one of us vainly to imagine that death is one of the original 
laws and necessary conditions of our present existence. Human 
reason can never show why we should not exist on earth as im- 
mortals, and if invited to other worlds, be translated thither like 
Enoch and Elijah, and never see death. Not merely a terrible, 
but an inscrutable mystery would be the sudden aiul aj)j)alling 
event which has summoned us together, but for the voice of the 
Christian Revelation, which on this subject leaves nothing to 
doubt, nothing to conjecture. "Wherefore," says the inspired 
apostle, "as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by 
sin, and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." 
Death, then, is the effect of sin — an evil brought u[)()n our race 
by the original apostacy of our First Parent, a synilx)! of the of- 
fended justice of Heaven, a premonition of still heavier judgments 
to be revealed against incorrigible, unpardoned transgressors, a 



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shadow of the Divine displeasure against iniquity, darkly cast 
over all the ages, countries, and nations of the world. Ever since 
the malediction was pronounced to Adam, on the day of his trans- 
gression, "Dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return," it has 
been the great and universal allliction of our race, filling all the 
families of the earth with lamentation, mourning, and woe. It is 
the evil of all seasons, of all ages, of all places, and all conditions. 
Even those escape it not who have not sinned after the similitude of 
Adam's transgression, nor those faithful souls, to dispel whose fears 
Jesus Christ himself passed through its darkness, that through 
death he might destroy him who had the power of death, and having 
overcome its sharpness, open the kingdom of glory to all believers. 

How incessant, from the death of Abel to the event which we 
now deplore, has been the warfare of this enemy upon our race ; 
hov^^ many and might)- generations have in quick succession sunk 
to oblivion beneath his power ! His are all powers of attack, his 
the elements, the uncounted agencies, instrumentalities, and subtle 
forces of nature. He walks forth proudly on the high places of 
the field — the confused noise of the battle of the warriors is 
silenced, and their garments rolled in blood ; or mingling his ter- 
rors with the fury of stormy seas, breaks ships and navies into 
fragments, or overwhelms them in the deep ; or tainting with his 
breath the vital air, our strength perishes, and as a cloud is con- 
sumed — we vanish away. He disappoints all our calculations, 
mocks at all our precautions, and has no respect of persons. 
How often does he show himself when we least expect and are 
least prepared to meet him; how often force open our well-barred 
doors, and come suddenly upon us in our security, in the expres- 
sive language of our Saviour, " like a thief in the night." 

But if Death be our great enemy, he is also a great teacher. 

Consider this scene, and receive instruction ; consider it well, 
and through the grace of our blessed Redeemer, who is mightier 
than death ; who, in his own person, hath abolished death ; who 
shall reign until this last enemy shall be utterly vanquished and 
cast under his feet, may it make a deep, permanent, religious 
impression upon your hearts. " The thoughts of death," says an 
able preacher, " are the most efficacious and sovereign remedy 
for restraining our passions, the best and surest rule to direct us 
in our deliberations, the most powerful means to inspire us with 
a holy fervor in our actions. 



15 

" You are hurried and borne away by the tide of passion that 
you cannot stem, but seem to yourself unable to command your 
ambition or lust. Remember what in reason ought to be the 
ambition and lust of a man who must yield to death. 

" You deliberate upon a matter that nearly concerns you, a 
matter of consequence, and are unsettled in mind as to your reso- 
lution. Remember the resolution that besets a man that must 
yield to death. 

"You are slow to perform, negligent to acquit yourself of your 
religious duty. Remember how important the performance of 
such duty to a man who must yield to death." 

If distinguished talents, a thorough education ; if early honors, 
a vigorous manhood, not far advanced, and an aspect of perfect 
health ; if a high position, the approbation of his constituents, 
and the confidence and esteem of his associates ; if dispositions 
generous and amiable, and manners winning ; if fidelity to every 
public trust, and exemplariness in his domestic relations ; if fair 
and expanding prospects of usefulness and distinction, the attach- 
ment of friends, and the love and tears of his family could have 
averted the fatal blow, this our brother had not died. 

Magistrates and Councillors of this nation. Judges of this people, 
Generals, Senators and Representatives of this Congress so soon to 
close, when you will separate, never again to meet until you meet 
in eternity in the presence of God, open your minds and hearts, in 
this territory of sin and death, amid these badges of grief and 
vestiges of ruin, in view of these tombs, opening their doors to 
receive you, open your hearts, I entreat you, to the light and truth 
from Heaven, and be not faithless, but believing. "The sting of 
death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law, but thanks be to 
God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 
" Therefore," (how just this conclusion,) " therefore, my beloved 
brethren, be ye steadfast and immoveable, always abounding in 
the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your lahor is 
not in vain in the Lord." 

"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." Hear it ye 
who are building your own sepulchres, ye who sit in the dust, 
ye who mingle your drink with weeping, ye who clothe your- 
selves with sackcloth, or wan ler inconsolable among th& decay- 
ing and crumbling monuments of the dead ! Hear it, O » artb, 
smitten by the curse of God, and ye troubled nations vani>hing 
before the breath of his displeasure ; " The last enemy that shall 



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be destroyed is death." A world, surely, surely there is, where 
there is no sickness and no night — a kingdom inacessible to our 
vicissitudes and sorrows, and which sin and death shall not in- 
vade. Hear the voice of Divine consolation: "Let not your heart 
be trou])led ; ye believe in God, believe in me." " In my Father's 
house are many mansions; if it were not so I would have told you. 
I go to prepare a place for you ; and if I go and prepare a place 
for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where 
I am there ye may be also." Believe in Him who uttered these 
words, and death to you shall be the gate of an endless life — the 
entrance to mansions not made with hands, of immortal purity, 
perfection, and joy. More than conquerors through Him that 
hath loved us, j'ou shall stand exulting witnesses of the fulfilment 
of the gracious promise in the text. " The last enemy that shall, 
be destroyed is death." God grant this to each and every one of 
us, for Christ's sake. Amen. 

And then, the Clerk calling out the order of procession, the 
funeral cortege left the hall in the following order: 

The Chaplains of both Houses of Congress. 
Physicians who attended the deceased. 
Committee of Arrangements. 
Mr. Howard, Mr. McLanahak, 

Mr. AsHMUs, Mr. SHF.rPERD, 

Mr. Jacob Thompson, Mr. F. E. McLeait, 
Mr. J. K, Miller, Mr- Morse, 

Mr. McCler^and. 
Pall-bearers. 
Mr. Job Manx, Mr. J. G. King, 

Mr. LixN Boyd, Mr. James H. Duncak, 

Mr. A. Blht, Mr. J. L. Tatlor, 

Mr. R. W. JoHiTsox, Mr M. P. Gentrt. 

The family and friends of the deceased. 
The Senators and Representative from the State of Texas, as mourners. 
The Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. 
The House of Representatives, preceded by their Speaker and Clerk. 
The other officers of the House of Representatives. 
The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate of the United States. 
The Senate of the United States, preceded by the Vice President of the United States, 

and their Secretary. 

The other officers of the Senate. 

The President of the I'nited States. 

The Heads of Departments. 

The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, 

and its officers. 

The Diplomatic Corps. 

Judges of the United States. 

«^ l\ t\ "^ Officers of the Executive Departments. 

Jj ". .» Officers of the .\rmy and Navy. 

The Mayor and Council of Washington. 

Citizens of the State of Texas, now in Washington. 

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